Delivered to Baikonur Spacecraft "Viasat-1» («ViaSat-1")

Upon completion of customs procedures and unloading of containers, cargo will be delivered in the assembly and testing facility (MIK-92-A50) to set the vehicle in «clean room» designed for operations with a payload.

Specialists of the manufacturer, who will carry out the necessary checks and testing apparatus, arrived at the launch site the day before.

Spacecraft ViaSat-1, which is scheduled to be put into orbit by the launcher «Proton», should provide high-bandwidth information to Ka-band users in North America.

Press-service of Russian Federal Space Agency and GKNPTs them. Khrunichev

Source: www.roscosmos.ru